鳴らす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "鳴らす"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
鳴らす らす
Imperative (命令形) 鳴らせ らせ
Key constructions
Passive 鳴らされる らされる
Causative 鳴らさせる らさせる
Potential 鳴らせる らせる
Volitional 鳴らそう らそ
Negative 鳴らさない らさない
Negative perfective 鳴らさなかった らさなかった
Formal 鳴らします らしま
Perfective 鳴らした らした
Conjunctive 鳴らして らして
Hypothetical conditional 鳴らせば らせ

Verb

()らす (narasutransitive godan (stem ()らし (narashi), past ()らした (narashita))

Japanese verb pair
active ()らす (()らす)
mediopassive () (())
  1. sound, ring, honk, ring, twang
    (ゆび)()らす
    yubi o narasu
    to snap one's fingers
    (literally, “to make one's fingers resound”)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN